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Wichita eagle., 1887-04-26
RESORTING TO MIsREPREsENTA-
TION.

A few vile, foul mouthed Democratic or
gans AMI few Republican papers as well
notably the Wichita EAGLE, that but @
| short time ago filled their columns with ex
pressions of holy fear that women would
! be contaminated BY the touch OF politics.
that they would be "unsexed ana all thal
sort of bosh, are now reduced to a.. naDneF
of obscene and indecent expressions con-
cerning the women for whom they lately
felt the greatest solicitude.
The Topeka Capital simply lies when 1t
says the EAGLE has stopped to obscenity
and indecent expressions touching woman
suffrage. The EAGLE has, in few In
stances, resorted to ridicule as an Offset to
abuse from the other side, but
that any woman painting for pub
lie life ever blushed over anything
we ever said throrrssh these columns no.
body believes. We Want to, cay further,
the EAGLE has received the concentrations
of many bright, true women from almost
every section of this state, for its course.
The names Of these women, who abhor
anything like publicity, of course have not
been published. One of these endorse
ments came only last week, from one OF
Topeka's most intelligent women, who is
not only the very stay of happy home,
but who for culture, native ability and ex-
perience as a writer, ranks anything that
town has to boast among the female suf-
fragists, not excepting either men or wo
men, Unless the great body of the women
of Kansas are all wrong, then the EAGLE
is all right, for five women out of every
six in Kansas utterly refused to De coaxed
or driven either to register or to vote. In
Wichita, as in great majority Of the
large towns and cities of the state, system
attic public efforts and organized bulldoz-
ing methods were resorted to by those in
terested in getting women into politics, yet
less than one in ten went to the polls
Wichita eagle., 1887-04-26

company with Miss May, has gone to Med
icine Iodine for a few days visit with
friends.
W. M. Pond and wife. Of Chicago, are
visiting their brother il law, G. W. War
ren.
". A. Wilson and family have arrived
from Friendship, n Y, to make their
home here. He has bought farm near
town which he will fit up in way that
will be an ornament to the country.
WILL B. OCCASIONAL.
Wichita eagle., 1887-04-26
and increasing their business in all depart

and increasing their business in all depart.
ments.
Much could be said of Kansas which
might interest the many readers OF the
Stationer, but for further accounts
they will have to be patient as q
man out here doesn't have time
to sit down in one place many minutes; he
may miss chance of making fortune if
he does, but then another chance will bob
up very soon.
There is one thing that this town can
boast of, and it is the absence Of a real poor
man; and if there should be any here it
would be his own fault, for guide post
with an Outstretched SIGN on it can make
money here, deed it can; and such thing
l may be, if it's as profitable as it has been.
JOSEPH REYNOLDS
Wichita eagle., 1887-04-26

The Pope has been pleased to express
his approval Of the work Of the Catholic
temperance societies. and to urge the i'm
portance Of total abstinence as rule of
virtue and propriety. Thus, it will be OBJ
served, his Holiness is in thorough accord
with Senator Reagan, of Texas, on the
proposition that the Democratic party
should cease to identify itself with 1.-THE
whisky shops. the drunkards and the Grim
innls "
Wichita eagle., 1887-04-26

When So 20 out on Walnut Hill, and
look westward, We expect to see the tall
towers of the seven or eight Wichita col
leges looming up towards the stars, but not
a tall tower is TO be seen. Where, pray,
are those seven colleges academies and
universities Dorado Republican.
In your minds eye. The money to
build them is in bank. We have but little
doubt that from the high prairie north of
Ell Dorado the towers of two Of these in
stitutions will on clear day neyear hence
be visible. The Others are located on lower
On yund
Wichita eagle., 1887-04-26

One hears much in commendation OF
Boston culture. We see by the papers
that some Of the members Of party of eS
cursionists from that city the other day
mutilated an old Catholic church in Paso
del Norte, for which work of desecration
the Greaser journals are warming up the
residue snecimenS of beans
Wichita eagle., 1887-04-26

The city marshal situation in Winfield
is complicated. Mayor Hackney appointed
q man named Cure. but the council did not
confirm him. The old marshal refuses to
resign and remains On duty. So does the
Wichita eagle., 1887-04-26

The chaplain of the Soldiers Home at
Leavenwer,h is out in letter explaining
the reason for maintaining a saloon on the
grounds. He says only beer is kept and
that the saloon keeper is a prohibitionist,
and that it is kept for the sole purpose of
prote citing the old soldiers against the illicit
sale carried on in Leavenworth city.
Wichita eagle., 1887-04-26

Hon. John c. New, publisher of the In
dianapolis Journal, says Indiana can be
counted in the Republican column next
year, and that the Republicans can elect q
president without the aid Of New York.
inc about
Wichita eagle., 1887-04-26

1t is charged that the presidents new
post masters do not properly distribute the
seed sent out by the Agricultural depart
ment. The department admits that the
seed is confiscated by the postal authorities
for Commissioner Coleman says SO in q
letter upon the subject. The thefts have
involved hundreds Of thousands Of pack
Wichita eagle., 1887-04-26

The Iowa encampment, G. A. r., de-
nounced Don Burro. the CASTELAR,, auth
or OF the "pordioseros" articles in the Chi
cago Times.
Wichita eagle., 1887-04-26

The Journal refers to Jim Lane, OF Kan
sas, as one of the founders Of Falls City,
Nebraska, and he had plan for the i'm
provement Of the water power at that
Wichita eagle., 1887-04-26

The Boston Journal states that in conse-
quence Of the desertion of the inhabitants
the public schools have been discontinued
scme 400 school districts in New Hamp
Wichita eagle., 1887-04-26

Cyclones last week struck western Mis-.
souri,, Arkansas, Mississippi, Illinois and
one corner Of Kansas.
Wichita eagle., 1887-04-26

In January last closed out the entire stock OF
paraSOlS and silk sun umbrellas OF manufacturer
retiring from business, paid spot cash them and
got them at our own prices Tie prices weipaid VIII
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-04-03
A Confederate Remlniseene.


Charles Folsom, OF Boscawen, traded
recently " tn j. Edwin Gage, the gun
smith, OF this city, for two old army
muskets, which were called in the trade
worth about dollar each. Folsom took
the muskets home, and offered TO give
one OF them to o neighbor for a days
work. The night before he was to get
rid of it he set about fixing it up little,
in the course Of which he detected a
rattle about the stock. In seeking for
the cause of the noise he removed the
lock. then the barrel, aud finally the
strip of iron on the butt OF the stock.
This disclosed the secret. The butt
had been neatly followed out, making
a good-siz ed treasure In it were
six 50-cent silver coins, three 25-cent
ones, two $50 bills of Confederate mo-
ney, O mnsket-ball, and o letter.
The letter was written by the vile OF
q Confederate soldier to her husband.
ana described q visit by the hated
Yankees short time before and the cap
ture by them Of her father. Its senti-
ments were evidently those OF the
women OF the Coniederacy. 1t spoke
OF returning the money he had sent
her, as she could do nothing with it,
ard this was doubtless the money found
with the letter.
The musket was purchased with . lo|
Of others, and had evidently been cap
tured after is bearer had fallen In bat
tic.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-04-03
A Busy Cot Doctor.

There is q cat doctor who runs drug
store in Washington who, it is said. Is
doing the most thriving practice OF any
alleyiator Of the ills of the feline and
canine races of any man in his profess
sion in the whole country. This ply
sician has the highest class OF callers
of any professional man in the city, as
only the most aristocratic can afford to
have an expert wait upon their pets.
At times as many as three or four
carriages, owned by the most refined
and wealthy people at the national
capital, are drawn UP in front OF the
drugstore and Office, and his business
is so large that customers with their
patients have to wait their turn, like
men in barber-shops. 1t is seldom that
man enters the drugstore or Office for
the purpose of receiving professional
call from the doctor. They are almost
invariably women.
The doctor was philosophizing yes
terday to some gentlemen on the gene
raj ais of cats and dogs, during which
he stated that more trouble came from a
lack of fresh air and exercise than any
thing else. He especially deprecated
the fact that these household pets were
guarded so closely in the house, and
were not allowed 10 romp around like
children. -.
81 could name," he said, families
in this city that guard as closely Their
pet cats and dogs as they do their chill
dren. Large numbers OF them have
cribs and cradles and lounges made foi
| their pets and cushioned in the most
| comfortable manner possible. AT one
place visited recently l found q line
old Maltese reclining on a pillow o.
down. When 1 asked for it for thepulr
pose of making an examination the ladyy
of the house lifted it as carefully as i
it were tiny baby. She had defeats
spoons and forceps and a doche to IN
iect medicine into the poor thing 5 ears
There was a swab Of silk and cotton u
cleanse its throat, as 1t had had some
thing like diphtheria, and when spok'
of q severe medicine as the only mop
for recovery she threw up her hands II
that same horror mothers do when ex
IRENE measures are to be resorted 10
save their infants.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-04-03
(For the Dispatch.l
Az Fifty Years.
'o-dsy i opened wide The Book,

To-day opened wide The Book,
Just at the households natal page,
And on my taking there look
found that fifty was my age.
| have Of late been getting weak,
My strength seemed somewhat to decay;
The cause of which did never break
In its true light until to-day.
All. growing old, l sadly sighed,
And down my checks came TICKLING tears
unused on friends who lived and died
Ere they attained their fifty years.
And then methought how but score
Would make my years three score and ten,
And / could hardly hope for moro
Than the allotted age OF men.
And through my fifty years Of time
Are many days In evil spent;
And am guilty Of the crime
OF wasting talents only lent
The shadow on my dial-plate
Must with the sun move on Its way
And es they haste may mark my date
OF death, In what Is called to-day.
The angel. too. who through my life
Has often bid me with him come,
To-day may tire Of the strife
And leave me for his heavenly homo.
And |, poor wretch and helpless soul,
May sink dIshonorod In my grave,
And never reach that happy goal
Where rest the wise and good and brave.
The days Of folly that have flown,
And talents lost | can't reclaim;
But to-day my faults can own
To God, from whom my being came.
He will forgive my every crime,
And count as naught the talents lost,
III the balance OF my time
viii spend in serving Him the most.
Us. T.
HEYRIco COUNTY. March "a, 1887.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-04-03
xDEAD PARROT STATE.
A strange Scene in . Bird.Bssasr
ON Broadway.
New York SUM-
he chief mourner +? /"

"Who1l be CHIEF mournerF
an said the dove.
s.For mourn for my love,
sAnd III DO chief giourner.h
And she cooed thrse mournful coos from her
cage In the corner.
A white cockatoo, as he climbed SOL
EMMY 10 his perch with the aid of his
bill, said with lugubrious accent, "Sor-
rowful world this, poor Polly; sorrow-
full world this, poor Pollyi"
Old Dick, q mournful, ministerial
looking crow, looked down from his
perch near the ceiling but said nothing.
A tear glistened in the eye Of Jocko
"a he gazed with sorrowful counte-
nance through the bars Of his cage and
brought his hind-foot full OF straw 70
his tear-stained face.
An owl, looking wise and solemn in
his corner, issued IN occasional plain
five "Whoc whoo!"
The mocking-birds sAng softer and
sveeter, and the little terrier pupe
eessed their caporngs over The door.
Even the canazio1, 10 Hnne(a md
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-04-03
g Hum. Dcyou cusinso the luncheon

Hum. Doyou cut into the luncheon
estimate. too"
SPENDS IT ALL.
"Very heavily. My lunch down
town is sardine-sandwic and beer
or roast-beef and beer. l get good
meal for Is or 30 cents. II is In q
cheap place. Of course, but I'm very
much hurried in the middle Of the day
and / really prefer hasty snack 10 q
heavy lunch. Beer Is great thing for
tie man Of light means lido not think
the reformers realize what boon it is
to MS. So we put down the luncheons
at $3.50. Now. concerning the bar, the
outside estimate is s.. Here beer saves
again 1t is what ! always buy for
myself, and II I'm out with q crowd
and IL is my turn TO set them up I'm
generally clever enough TO steer them
into place where beer is specially.
IN the matter Of car-fare, cab-hire, and
so on, you are astray, for when you see
me in cab il is as somebody's guest,
and when step into a car it is to avoid
the rain. AZ all other times walk. II
n millionaire can walk up and down
town for his health / can afford TO fol-
low his example. This item amounts
10 about 90 cents week Now. when
| go to theatre huy a bin board ticket
for 20 cents and tip the usher quarter
to put me into vacant seat. Thousands
OF men do this. Every theatre thatex-
bibits billboard or Autograph in a
shop-window is obliged to give the
owner of the shop free ticket OF adj
mission. These tickets are sold again
by the shop-keepers for an average
price of 90 cents. The miscellaneous
amusements do not cost me more than
81 and about as much more for the last
item. My list for weeks expenses
stands therefore "a follows.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-04-03
A Dogs Memory.


] heard dog story the other day
that should serve as text in re-
formatorY school, or, to bring it nearer
home, to some people as an argument
in favor of educational discipline. The
hero of this tale is an Irish setter,
amiable enough, but stubborn, and
trained only TO be good. He never
showed any special talent save to keep
house" and live mp to his canine in
stincts of barking at seedy-looking
strangers and evincing a proper atfec-
ton for the family whom he honored
with his maintenance. Not very long
since n young relative Of this family
undertook to teach Jack trick. He
was told the dog was too stubborn to
learn anything-it was useless waste
of time over him--but the more objec-
ton thrown in his way the more the
young man persisted, for he said it was
time Jack knew something, and he had
Just taught hiso dog several amusing
tricks which Jack must and should ac-
quire forthwith. Whereupon he called
Jack into the dining-room, shut the
door, and began his task of making the
creature sit up and give his paw. In
itself nothing could be more simple.
1t is the very kindergarten Of ca
nine culture, but Jack didn't see it in
that light. He would not sit up, nor
would he give his paw. Over and over
again, with the greatest patience, was
the instruction given, while Jack, in
the most idiotic way, refused to hear
what was told him. After two hours
labor, the poor dogs kind mistress
begged that he might be excused.
mol" was the stern answer,
"Tve begun and must go on
now or the dog will be rnined.
Finally, owing to the lateness Of
the hour, the disciplinarian led Jack
into the cellar, where the household
would not be disturbed, and then re-
newed the contest with little more
severity. AS the clock struck ~ the
brute seemed to get it through his pate
that, unless he obeyed like a gentle
man, he would have to stay there all
night. So he sat up and Topped a
tawny paw just once This was
enough the fight was over, and the
victor rushed away to take the
last car home. Jack never told
any one OF the nights expo
rience; perhaps no one thought
to ask him about it, or if he would
kindly exercise his dearly acquired ac-
complishments. At all events, weeks
passed away ere his new master and
| conquerer came again to the house.
One night Jack heard the voice at the
front door, and with the impetuousity
peculiar to his race he threw himself
headlong against the visitor, and then,
suddenly withdrawing, sat down Oh his
launches and held up a paw. The
victory had been complete, and JACK
| had remembered his lesson.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-04-03

"Ihere," continued the business
man, Give been q little too liberal, for
my salary is only S25 week, and this
estimate is zoe. more than that"
"You sail pretty close to the wind"
81 never have a penny on Saturday
morning. Saving money is out OF tue
question, but have pleasant time,
frequent public places, and live up to
the letter of the motto which has thus
far guided me through life"
"And which is ?"
GAS we journey through life let us
live by the way"
SOME NEW POINTS.
saw Mr.. Beard, the animal-painter,
the other day in his studio. In answer
to some questions dproposof the Stew
art art-sale he said :
"The price paid for Rosa Bonheur's
Horse Fair, S53, 600. was by no means
an extravagant one. Mr.. Stewart
bought it from Mr.. Wright for $4,000
with collection. Messonier's 1907
was sold for $50, 600. 1t is doubtful
whether these works would have sold
so high in the European markets.
"No American painters can com
maDd such prices, and the day is far
distant when they will. 1t would be
hard to name the highest prices paid
for American paintings. Church's
Niagara brought between seven and
eight thousand dollars. [ do not think
his Heart of the Andes sold for a
much higher price"
lJr. Beard says that the hone OF
American art lies in new school that
shall be native and not in imitation OF
foreign masters.
The spectacle of a chocolate-colored
Brahmin of high caste talking in soft.
feminine voice on Theosophy startled
the members of the Nineteenth Cen
tury Club on Tuesday night. To the
majority of the audience the learned
Hindoo's discourse must have been
about as ineligible as dissertation on
the Whichness Of the What" but it
had the charm of novelty and was not
uninteresting. Lawyer +. W. Hinrichs
created almost as great q sensation by his
simple yet eloquent address on the
purity and beauty of the teachings of
| Jesus of Nazareth. His remarks were
greeted with applause, Notwithstanding
the club is supposed to be thoroughly
agnostic. Mr.. Judge, who followed
Mr.. Hinrichs, spoke rather flippantl,y
in defence of Theosophy and doubted
the presence of real Christian in the
assemblage.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-04-03
CONTAGIOUS
DISEASES ARE PREVALENT ALL OVER rHR
WORLD.

Tam A native OF England, and while vas u
that country contracted terrible blood poison.
and for two years was under treatment q -
outdoor patient at Nottingham Hospital, kne.
aeonizine pains In my bones. and was coyorod
with sores all over my body and limbs MA
vertigo and deafness, with partial loss 81 signss
severe pains in my head and eyes, etn, While.
nearly ran me crazy, ] Lost al nope IN VI. x
at Roosevelt, In this city, as we'll ~ by promi-
nent physician In New York having no connoc-
ton with the hoepitais
saw the advertisement OF swiHs speciuo,
ana determined to give IL trial as last rc-
sort / had given up all hope OF being cured,
as had gone through the HANDS OF th9 BEST
medical men In Nottingham aud New fofA. !
took six bottles Of \. T. y, and can cay. Wv.
q n, aa sound aud well a. ever was In my he
I. FRED. HALfoRD.
NEW YORK CITY. June ~. 1880.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-04-03
BLOOD

IA the life, and he Is wise who remembers u:
But In March OF last year uSSD contrs'sod
the tifue. | went into tho hospital there for
treatment. I suffered worry much from rhou.
matisn at the same time | did not get weu
under the treatment there, nor was cured ~
any OF the usual means. have now takon
seven bottles Of swifps Specific, and am sound
and well. II drove the poison out through
hollis on the akin. DAN. LEAHf.
JERSEY CITY, n. j., Angus, :, 1880.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-04-03

Total. .......................s .SOi V'
"There, l said, pushing the paper
toward him. "That about rs close as
| can figure it finland. The bar is
very light, and l don't think I've put
you down heavily enough for amuse,
ments, for l see You about constantly,
He glanced over the list and grinned.
Then he took the pencil and began to
figure rapidly as he talked,
"In the matter of clothes, for IN
stance. always get the cloth from a
friend of mine who is in the wholesale
importing business-we businessmen
all help each other this way, you
know-and have it made up by little
Dutch tailor over on Third avenue In
this way get q suit that would cost you
$40 or $50 for about $50 or $35. Two
suits year is my allowance-say $40.
| buy my shoes of a cobbler III a
Bleecker-street basement, and they're
lust as good as though they cost SlO
a pair. Two pair year make 81.
Nv shirts also get at the factory
where a friend of mine is entry clerk.
They cost me 80 cents apiece-say
! g.. 40 flannels at wholesale about 50,
| and hats IS. You see know a trick
about getting hat at first cost, and
also know how to freshen hat up with
dash of benzine when it looks rusty.
Nv gloves at wholesale cost me last
wear exactly $40. For such extras
as canes. umbrellas, and so on, say
So. This foots up $10i.50-or say s.
a week"
"How about the board Have
overestimated that 2"
HIS BOARD.
eyes that's above the figure. Yor
see. | room with another man. 1t II
purely matter of business, and we re
cocnize it as such. Weare good friends
in the house, but we never go out to
oether. If he has friends coming L
see him any evening / make it conve
nient TO be absent, and he does me
| like favor. occupying one room w
manage to effect many small economies
We have a room of fair size with TIVE
narrow beds, and we have an arrange
ment with a laundress to do all on
washing for S1.50 a week. That's
saving for both OF us, you see
Onr Joint board is S2l, and though In
IN restaurants and CATS good deal,
dine ont twice a week at my own eS
nense. but il does not cost me at tn
rate of 81 a dinner, though that woul'
seem little enough to most men. l ca
dine at Delmonico's for Sl.25. Tn
scheme is TO let side-dishes, vegetables
and dessert alone and eat the sturd
fare only. In ordering your Dime
yon arr sure TO send for several dishe
Won don't need. For instance, besid
ibe meat you call for asparagus, peas
salad, cheese, ard pastry. These II
Ne things cost 80, you see, and yet the
have nothing 10 do with the solid pal
~ The dinner. Well put the item 9
extra dinners down 70 81. 81, which jus
about covers Il"
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-04-03

Two years AGO contracted biood-potsos.
After taking prescriptions from the best ply.
sicians here and at Dallas, concluded 10 visas
Hot Springs, and on reaching Texarxann
doctor recommended me to try Swifps Speclncs
assuring me that would beneath mo moro tnon
not sDffnca Although the
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-04-03
March 81, 1888.
RrcHxosp, Va. March %. 1877.

NItHHUHDt ' Nss "nfFH Us fV's
FNHE PARTNERSHIP HERETO
Il FORE existing between ). j. DAVIS anA
W. T. DAVIS a. partners under tho style and
frIn-naine OF DAVIS BROTHERS, at No. =
north Ninth street, coiug general business OF
PAPER ANGINGs.s SHADES. AWNINGS, etc,
II this day dissolved by mutual consent w. =.
DAVIS 10 continue sold business under his
name. \. =. DAVIS,
w. 4 DAVIS.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-04-03

Messrs. BOWIE & WEST have this day pur-
chased my entire stock OF goods, and will con-
duct the same business at my old stand. They
have also employed the same force which has
been with mo for years. and sincerely hope 10
will be the pleasure Of my former patrons to
transfer their patronage 20 the new nrm. IL
will be appreciated by them as IL has always
been by mo.
NH 3i-Th Su&Tu3t &. r. STOKES.